Ohio Workers’ Compensation Terms

Ohio Workers' Compensation Terms

The links on this page explain common Ohio workers' compensation terms (and their abbreviations). Our Ohio Workers' Compensation Guide and Learn Abouts section provide additional information about the Ohio workers' compensation system.

• Amputation / Loss of Use
• Average Weekly Wage (AWW)
• Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC)
• Disabled Workers' Relief Fund (DWRF)
• District Hearing Officer (DHO)
• Full Weekly Wage (FWW)
• Health Partnership Program (HPP)
• Industrial Commission (IC)
• Injury
• Intentional Tort
• Managed Care Organization (MCO)
• Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI)
• Medical Benefits
• Occupational Disease (OD)
• Ohio Administrative Code (O.A.C.)
• Ohio Revised Code (R.C.)
• Ombuds System
• Permanent Partial Disability (PP)
• Permanent Total Disability (PT)
• Qualified Health Plan (QHP)
• Retaliatory Discharge
• Revised Code (R.C.)
• Self-Insured Employer
• Staff Hearing Officer (SHO)
• Statute of Limitations
• Subrogation
• Temporary Total Disability (TT)
• Violation of a Specific Safety Requirement (VSSR)
• Wage Loss (WL)
• Workers' Compensation